Chapter 366: Have to live a hard life

At present, the Qing Dynasty is in a dilemma, since Yongzheng promulgated the edict on the reclamation of Manchuria, the entire Eight Banners are panicked, and some people of insight support, but more people are opposed, accustomed to the prosperity of the Beijing Division, these Eight Banners children, how many people can go back to live a hard life?

At this time, Zhang Tingyu once again proposed to economize on consumption, naturally because it was not enough to just reclaim Manchuria, and it was necessary to reduce the hardcore crops of the children of the Eight Banners, and the two policies could be implemented together to completely reduce the burden on the imperial court.

But the problem is that as long as someone dares to say this matter, it will completely offend more than one million Eight Banners disciples, and ordinary people can't afford such consequences. After all, in this world, strictly speaking, there are all these Eight Banners, even if it is the emperor, he has to think carefully about the consequences of offending the Eight Banners.

Zhang Tingyu threw out such a proposal, but it made the hall become deadly silent, and no one dared to speak, neither supported nor refuted, only silence.

Emperor Yongzheng glanced at the rest of the ministers of military aircraft, but found that everyone was bowing their heads, so he snorted coldly, "What do you ministers think?" ”

As a scholar of Manchuria University, Xu Yuanmeng's foundation is naturally closely linked to the Eight Banners, and he had to stand up at the moment and say stubbornly: "Your Majesty, the Eight Banners are the foundation of my Qing Dynasty, how can the hardcore crops of more than one million people be cut down?" In this way, although the money of the court was saved, the people's hearts were in chaos...... Not to mention that all the places in the world are suppressed by the Eight Banners, even if it is the New Army, they are all my Eight Banners' disciples......"

Xu Yuanmeng's words were extremely sincere, and all aspects were considered, but only he did not take into account the determination of Emperor Yongzheng, and he didn't even understand what the hidden meaning behind Zhang Tingyu would make such a suggestion, he was old after all, maybe the matter was too serious, so that he lost the ability to judge.

In fact, no matter how bold Zhang Tingyu was, he didn't dare to say such a thing.

This matter itself was said by Yongzheng through Zhang Tingyu's mouth, he had the idea of canceling the salary of the children of the Eight Banners very early, but any decision is not a matter of Emperor Yongzheng's patting his head, and more support is needed, so this time through Zhang Tingyu, putting the family background in front of the ministers is to promote this resolution, so even if Xu Yuanmeng said it is out of the blue, he cannot shake Yongzheng's determination.

"At present, the imperial court has no money, and there is no way to deal with the rebels who are entrenched in Guanzhong, and if you want money, you can only open sources and reduce expenditures, we have to learn from Chu in the south, and suspending the flag salary is also a helpless strategy......"

Emperor Yongzheng's face was a little pale, he had already communicated with some princes and ministers of the Eight Banners, although some people said they didn't understand, but he believed that sooner or later he would understand, after all, the preservation of the Qing Dynasty is the key at the moment, and there is no way to wronged some people, you have to make a big determination, you have to suffer a lot!

In order to open up sources and reduce expenditure, Chu Shun even did not hesitate to offend the gentry all over the world, how could he not have this kind of determination? Speaking of decisiveness, who is he afraid of?

Seeing this, Zhang Tingyu hurriedly whispered: "Lord Xu, although the flag salary has been stopped now, but in the future, when the Qing Dynasty is preserved and Chu Wei is eliminated, this flag salary may not be able to be issued again...... One day, the Qing Dynasty will restore Heqing Haiyan, and this salary is naturally not a problem! ”

Zhang Tingyu drew a big pie, but everyone knew in their hearts that once this flag salary was canceled, it would be impossible to restore it....... At that time, no matter what point it reaches, the imperial court is afraid that it will not pick up this burden again.

But Xu Yuanmeng knew in his heart that this matter had been acquiesced in by the Sacred Heart, and no matter how difficult it was to turn around, he could only sigh in a low voice and silently stop speaking.

"What should I do with the livelihood of the children of the Eight Banners, without hardcore crops, they will starve to death!"

Prince Yu Baotai, who had not spoken, said in a low voice, he is a good old man, and he can't see this kind of thing happen, but Baotai also understands that he has no room for opposition, so he can only ask such a sentence.

Yongzheng coughed lightly, "Since the imperial court has issued an edict on the reclamation of Manchuria, let those who have no errands go to Manchuria...... Other errands left the Jingshi, and the Qing Dynasty could no longer raise idlers! ”

"But...... But...... Our Baqi children are not good at work, and they are not good at cultivating land for business......."

"The children of the Eight Banners, if you have land, you can recruit Han tenants in the customs to plant the [gray wolf] land, so that the fields can be developed, and the harvest in the field can also feed the children of the Eight Banners......"

Yongzheng felt that his thinking was getting clearer and clearer, and continued to talk eloquently, "It just so happened that not long ago, a lot of Han people were recruited to become the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and among these people, those who could serve as soldiers stayed and expanded into the New Army of the Eight Banners, and those who could not be soldiers were sent to the outside of the customs as tenants, and the left and right are a way to live, and they should not be unwilling to ......."

"Your Majesty, the first emperor once issued a ban on customs, isn't this ...... Isn't it a break in the ancestral family law? ”

Prince Yu Baotai hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, he knew in his heart that Emperor Yongzheng was the most sensitive to this, but now he had to say it.

The so-called ban on customs refers to the promulgation of the seventh year of Kangxi "Liaodong recruits people and confers officials, and it will stop forever", under the pretext of "the place where the ancestors visited the king", protected the "benefits of participating in the mountains and the Pearl River", and implemented a ban on the customs outside the customs. Prior to this, Manchuria had a small population due to war damage and other reasons, so it recruited displaced people from inside the customs to work as coated slaves outside the Guan, so it has been implementing an open policy.

Speaking of the Qing court's ban on customs, on the surface it seems to be very reasonable, leaving a way out for the descendants of Manchuria, but the problem is that the person who formulated the policy thought about things simply, and the reason is very simple, if the customs outside the customs are not fully developed, it is impossible to become the last place of refuge!

The children of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, who have had enough of a good life, if they suddenly return to the old forests of Manchuria to hunt, they will not have the ability to do so now, so this is a policy that is not bad to say, but it is very unreliable to implement.

Sure enough, after hearing the 'ancestral family law', Yongzheng's face sank, how could he not know what the ancestral family law was? But can the ancestral family law save the Qing Dynasty? Why do some people always don't understand his hard work?

Zhang Tingyu hurriedly said: "The ban order is not an eternal law, the first emperor implemented the ban order during his reign in order to leave a way out for my Qing Dynasty, but now that my Qing Dynasty has reached this critical time, if I cling to the old order, wouldn't it be contrary to the original intention of the first emperor?" ”

"This ......"

Prince Yu Baotai couldn't think of a way to refute for a while, so he had to keep his mouth shut, after all, it was indeed a critical time now, and it seemed that he couldn't say it if he didn't use it again.

Yongzheng's face sank, and he said loudly: "If there is a big change today, the Manchurian disciples should show the courage to re-enter the customs!" If the imperial court does not have money, there will be no way to organize and train a new army, and there will be no way to win this battle in the future! What's more, if you really can't win the war in the future, although it will be a little hard to return to Manchuria, it will be a way to live....."

At the end of October, when the imperial court issued an edict to suspend the flag salary, a storm suddenly set off in the Beijing Division, and many of the Eight Banners who lived on the flag salary in the Beijing Division, under the anger of the people, all flocked to the Zongren Mansion, hoping to get an explanation.

"Does the imperial court stop paying flag salaries because you want us people to die?"

"Without a flag salary, what can I rely on to support a large family?"

"The emperor has been deceived by traitorous ministers!"

Under the turbulence of the crowd, the yamen of the Zongren Mansion has been closed tightly, and the original Prince Lian Yunxi, who was in charge of the Zongren Mansion, has been imprisoned in the mansion by Yongzheng, and now the Zongzhi is Prince Cheng Yunzhi, that is, the third brother of Yongzheng.

Yunzhi was close to the prince in the early years, and he was also involved in the battle for succession, but he was a little more self-aware than Yunzhi, so after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, he chose to be soft early, but even so, Yongzheng still sent Yinzhi to Ma Lanyu in Zunhua to guard the tomb of Kangxi, and it was not until Prince Lian Yunxi was imprisoned that there was a turnaround, and he was appointed by Yongzheng as the sect commander of the Zongren Mansion.

But Prince Cheng Yunzhi, who had just taken office, faced a very embarrassing situation as soon as he came, and became the person who carried the black pot for Yongzheng, and he was somewhat reluctant to do it, but let the current Prince Cheng Yunzhi go to Yongzheng to resign, I was afraid that it would directly anger Yongzheng, and I didn't dare, so I had to close the door and not see outsiders.

However, Yunzhi didn't want to see outsiders, it didn't mean that the people outside wanted to let him go, and they were clamoring outside the Zongren Mansion together, claiming that the court was unfair and traitorous ministers were in charge.

Among those who made a fuss, one of them made a noise for a long time, and his saliva spurted out, and when the other crowd was in turmoil, this person began to shrink back, and then quietly broke away from the crowd, and then went down an alley, came to a teahouse, went up to the second floor, and when he saw a boy who was drinking tea, he hurriedly walked over.

"Master, the slave just went to see it, good guy, this sect's mansion is now surrounded inside and out, and the old and young masters in the capital are scolding! The minion also went up and scolded several times, hey, it's really relieving! ”

"Good! There are many rewards! ”

That Gongzi brother is the third son of the emperor, after he heard this, he immediately shouted loudly, and the anger accumulated between his eyebrows dissipated a little, his dissatisfaction with the emperor was too long.

Since Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Hongshi not only did not feel half of the benefits, but was deeply dissatisfied with Yongzheng's various measures, from the dismantling of the Eight Masters Party to the implementation of the new policy, these measures made Hongshi feel more and more that Yongzheng was crazy, and even began to feel that Yongzheng's improper position was becoming more and more real.

After all, compared with an emperor like Kangxi, Yongzheng is not only mean and unkind, but now he is almost going to kill the Eight Banners! I don't know if he is the emperor of the Han people or the emperor of their Eight Banners!

Hongshi thought indignantly in his heart, he even felt that if it was the eighth uncle who succeeded to the throne in the first place, I am afraid that the situation would not have become so bad, and maybe Jiangnan would not be lost.......

"Hetai, during this time, you should hurry up and take people to the gate of the Zongren Mansion to make trouble! I still don't believe it, the world that was beaten down by the Eight Banners back then can make the Han people turn over the sky? ”

That man is Hetai, he doesn't have a serious errand at the moment, he follows Hongshi and them every day, and it is not difficult to eat as a messenger, so after listening to the master's words, he naturally rushed to the front, so he made up his mind to take a few people to make a good fuss, and make the matter as big as possible.

However, just after Hetai came out of the teahouse, he saw soldiers coming and going all over the street, and they ran over one by one fiercely, and arrested the clansmen who were gathered at the gate of the Zongren Mansion.

Seeing these clans being dragged away like dead dogs, this made Hetai feel a chill in his heart, but he knew that there were several yellow belts in this crowd, who would dare to be so cruel to them?

When He Tai was thinking about whether to return to Yuhong, he saw several people rushing over on horseback, and the leader of them was none other than Long Keduo, the commander of the Nine Gates, with a gloomy face and a bright yellow edict in his hand.

As soon as they saw Long Keduo coming, everyone present made more and more trouble, and some people even snatched the soldiers' knives and scuffled with the soldiers patrolling the city, and the scene became more and more chaotic for a while.

Long Keduo got off the horse, but when he saw the scene in front of him, he yelled, and after everyone's eyes were focused, he slowly spread out the yellow edict in his hand and coughed lightly.

"Your Majesty has an edict that no one is allowed to make trouble in the city without reason, and those who violate the order will be sent back to Shengjing for resettlement."

Everyone dares to make trouble in front of the Zongren Mansion, but no one dares to make trouble under the holy decree, the former will only hit the board, but the latter is not smooth and loses his head, and he has to affect the family.

After Long Keduo's will was finished, he glanced at these gentlemen kneeling on the ground, sneered, but left without saying a word.

The emperor's will is very clear, isn't he trying to make trouble? Whoever dares to make trouble, let's go to Manchuria first! When these people who dare to stab are sent to Manchuria, no one will dare to make trouble.

Kata saw this scene with his own eyes, and was about to go back to look for Hiroshi, but found that Hiroshi was already standing behind him at some point, his face was unpredictable, and his palms were covered with blue and white fingerprints.

"That's it, that's it......."

Hongshi looked at the departing Long Keduo, with a look of unwillingness and resentment on his face, no matter how dissatisfied he was with Yongzheng, but he didn't dare to show it openly, but the determination in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.